Horse-releaser.



H. W. FLOYD. HORSE RELEASER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911;

' 3140 embo'a UNrrED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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To aZl'flbhoai passed througli the apertures 0t the thill Be. it known that I, Haney W. Fnovn, a coupler and through a similar aperture citizen of the United States, resid ng at formed in the thill iron.

Beeyille, in the county.of 'Bee, State of As willbe seen by refei'ring', o F iga3 of a 5 Texas, have nventedcerta'in new and useful the drawings thisbolt is not of t 0 Ordinary e0 lilmprovemen'ts in Horse- Rel easers; and I constructiom'but, consists oft'he cylindrical hereby declare the followin'gto be a full, shank portion 7 slightly pointed at one'end clear, and exact .description of the invenas at 8 and provided :adjacentits otherend 1 ,tion, such as will enable others skilled in the with the annular flangeas shownat 9. The

art to which it appertains to make and use end of *the' bolt adjacent this shoulder is 65 'Qthe same. slightly enlarged as at 10 to form a'head,

' My invention relates to new and. useful portion,-which head portion is provided with. improvements in thill couplings and more an aperture 11. v a especially to that class of thill couplings by While I; have described but one thill cou- .15 means of which the shafts are attached to pl1ng,it will of course be understood that the 70 .theaxle in such a manner as to render the axle is provided-.with one of thecouplings same operative as a horse detacher, and the adjacent either, end., In practice the thill object of my invention is to improve the coniron 5 is inserted between the ears of the struction and increase the elliciency of a de- 'cou lingand th bolt 6 is passed through the vice of'the above described character. per rationsin the ears and in the thill, thus-76 A: still further-object of my invention iscouplingthe two together. As'willbe seen to provide a release for-the ooupling adapted the-:bolt .is assed from-the inner side out to be actuated by springs and provided with wardly unti the shoulder 9 rests against the acatch for normally'holding the coupling outer-face of the inner'ear 4, the slightly together, by which means the driver need' pointed end 8 of the bolt assisting in passing 80 only release the catch, when the device will thesame through said apertures. operate of itself to release the coupling. Seated around the axle 2 adjacent the With these and other objects in view, my inner portion of the coupling 1 is a U-. invention will be more fully described, illusshaped, clip 11' provided with threaded' smtrated in the accompanying drawings and ends 12,,said clip being secured in place by 85 then specifically ointed out in the claim means of he base plate 13 which is prowhich is attache to and forms a part of vided with apertures through which the this application. ends 12 of the clip 11 pass and are secured In the drawings which illustrate a preby nuts 14. This base plate 1311s shown is ferred embodiment of my device, Figure 1 providedw-ith a forwardly extending por- 90 is a plan view of the forward portion of tion 15. the running gear of a wagon showing the The upper downwardly extending p'orl shafts secured thereto by means of my inition of the clip member 11 is provided with proved coupler. Fig. 2 is a side elevation forwardly extending, spaced apart ears 16 of the coupler, the axle being shown in secand 17 and pivotably secured between these 5 tion upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is ears by a bolt or other suitable means 18 is a detail perspective of the coupling bolt the arcuate shaped blade 19 provided updn used. Fig. 4 1s aside elevation of the catch its lower edge with the semicircular recess removed from the axle. 20. .Conneetin the free end of this blade Referrin more specifically. to the drawwith the end 0 the member 15 is a helical 109 ings, in w ich simihir reference numerals spring 21. As will be seen by referring to designate corresponding. parts throu hout, Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings this clip is so l 1 designates in general a thill coup l er of positioned that the blade 19 rests across the the ordinary construction and-2 the axle upper portion of the bolt 6, intermediate upon which the thill coupler is secured. The between the shoulder 9 and the head P01? 105 thill coupler is provided with the forwardly tion thereof, the recess. 20 be ing so osiextending, spaced apart, apertured ears 3 tioned as to partially encircle the shan of and 4 adapted to fit upon either side of the the bolt. By this means the bolt is absoshaft or thill iron 5 w ichis secured therelutely held against longitudinal movement, v between by means of the bolt 6 which is the spring 21 serving to maintain the ena As "will gagement between the bolt and the blade irrespective of the. ja'rrin of th 'axlel- The axl ej'sjfurther provide one upon either "side of the center'thereof, with a pair of U- "-.5 lshapedl clips 22 each of which carries a for.

-""ward1yi:extending arm 23 provided adja-" cent 'jt 'eir ends'wi'th' apertu ,es similar to 3 -the apertures 11 ii1 the bee. s of the bolts said"-apertures-being inalinement with the bolts, and heavy helical springs 24: .conn'ect' each'of said arms with the adjacent bolt jhead, theasprings beingsecured to said arms and heads by means of hooking the 'ends through. the "eyes formed therein.

e readily seen from" the above description the raising of either of the gblades'will immediately release the bolt en- -v .gagedthereby when the spring 24; will draw the bolt from the-coupling, thus releasing the thill. This construct on is extremely simple operation and furnishes a ready means for etachabl connecting the thills -'to the axle In or er to adapt this coupling for use as a horse detacher, I have pro- 2 6 vided'the free end-of each ofEthe blades 19 with an aperture 25 by means f of which the ends of the cords 26'and 27 may befirmly 'secured' thereto, the freeendsjof said cords being united and joined to a cord which ex- 80 tends upwardly over .the dasher of the wagon to a point within easy reach of the driver; If the horse'becomes restive atany time, the driver need'only exert ,a slight v ull upon vthe cord 28 to raise both of the lades 19 out of'engagement with the bolts when the latter will be withdrawn by the carried by said axle, a spring connecting said second clip with said bolt said spring being adapted to'withdraw said bolt upon the disengagement of said blade member therefrom, and means for disengaging said blade memben v In testimony whereofil aflix my ,signa; ture, in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY W. FLOYD. W tnesses: i

D. A. BARBER, B. P. STEPHENSON. 

